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Curriculum Vitae: Lorenzo Prendini, Ph.D Curriculum Vitae: Lorenzo Prendini, Ph.D. Curator of Arachnida & Myriapoda Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192, USA tel: +1-212-769-5843; fax: +1-212-769-5277; email: [email protected] Arachnology @ AMNH: http://scorpion.amnh.org Division of Invertebrate Zoology: http://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/lorenzo-prendini Education Ph.D., Zoology, University of Cape Town, South Africa (2001) B.Sc. (Hons), Zoology, University of Cape Town, South Africa (1995) B.Sc., Botany & Zoology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (1994) Appointments Curator, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, AMNH (2012–) Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School of Comparative Biology, AMNH (2008–) Associate Curator, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, AMNH (2007–2012) Assistant Curator, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, AMNH (2002–2007) Adjunct Appointments Adjunct Professor, Department of Entomology, Colorado State University (2008–) Research Associate, National Museum of Namibia (2006–) Research Associate, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria, South Africa (2004–) Adjunct Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University (2004–) Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior), CUNY (2003–) Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (2018–) European Journal of Taxonomy (2012–) Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny (Chelicerata, Pantopoda) (2010–) ISRN Zoology (2010–2014) American Museum Novitates and Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (2008–) ZOOTAXA (Amblypygi, Schizomida, Scorpiones, Solifugae, Thelyphonida) (2005–) Cladistics (2004–) Journal of Afrotropical Zoology (2004–2011) Professional Affiliations African Arachnological Society; American Arachnological Society; Entomological Society of Southern Africa; The Explorer’s Club (Fellow); International Society of Arachnology (Executive Committee, 2007–2010); Society of Systematic Biologists; South African Society of Systematic Biology; Willi Hennig Society (Fellow; Council, 2008–2011); Zoological Society of Southern Africa. Publications González-Santillán, E. and Prendini, L. 2018. Systematic revision of the North American syntropine vaejovid scorpion genera Balsateres, Kuarapu, and Thorellius with descriptions of three new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 420: 1–81. Esposito, L.A., Yamaguti, H.Y., Pinto-da-Rocha, R. and Prendini, L. 2018. Plucking with the plectrum: Phylogeny of the New World buthid scorpion subfamily Centruroidinae Kraus, 1955 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) reveals evolution of three pecten-sternite stridulation organs. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 76(1): 87–122. Schaffrath, S., Prendini, L., and Predel, R. 2018. Intraspecific venom variation in southern African scorpion species of the genera Parabuthus, Uroplectes and Opistophthalmus (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae). Toxicon 144: 83–90. 1 Curriculum Vitae: Lorenzo Prendini, Ph.D. Barrales Alcalá, D.A., Francke, O.F., and Prendini, L. 2018. Systematic revision of the giant North American vinegaroons, genus Mastigoproctus (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 418: 1–62. Loria, S.F., and Prendini, L. 2018. Ultrastructural comparison of the eyespot and ocelli of scorpions, and implications for the systematics of Chaerilidae Pocock, 1893. Zoologischer Anzeiger 273: 183–191. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2017.12.011. Silva de Miranda, G., Giupponi, A.P.L., Prendini, L., and Scharff, N. 2018. Weygoldtia, a new genus of Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi) with a reappraisal of the genera in the family. Zoologischer Anzeiger 273: 23–32. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2018.02.003. Rubin, M., Lamsdell, J.C., Prendini, L. and Hopkins, M.J. 2017. Exocuticular hyaline layer of sea scorpions and horseshoe crabs suggests cuticular fluorescence is plesiomorphic and non- adaptive in scorpions. Journal of Zoology (London) 303: 245–353. DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12493. Esposito, L.A., Yamaguti, H.Y., Souza, C.A., Pinto-da-Rocha, R. and Prendini, L. 2017. Systematic revision of the Neotropical club-tailed scorpions, Physoctonus, Rhopalurus, and Troglorhopalurus, revalidation of Heteroctenus, and description of two new genera and three new species (Buthidae: Rhopalurusinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 415: 1–134. Rogers, D.C., et al. [list of authors including Prendini, L.] 2017. Images are not and should not ever be type specimens: A rebuttal to Garraffoni & Freitas. Zootaxa 4269(4): 455–459. Wheeler W.C., Coddington, J.A., Crowley, L.M., Dimitrov, D., Goloboff, P.A., Griswold, C.E., Hormiga, G., Prendini, L., Ramírez, M.J., Sierwald, P., Almeida-Silva, L., Alvarez-Padilla, F., Arnedo, M.A., Benavides Silva, L.R., Benjamin, S.P., Bond, J.E., Grismado, C.J., Hasan, E., Hedin, M., Izquierdo, M.A., Labarque, F.M., Ledford, J., Lopardo, L., Maddison, W.P., Miller, J.A., Piacentini, L.N., Platnick, N.I., Polotow, D., Silva-Dávila, D., Scharff, N., Szuts, T., Ubick, D., Vink, C.J., Wood, H.M., and Zhang, J. 2016. The spider tree of life: Phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling. Cladistics 1–43 DOI: 10.1111/cla.12182. Ceriaco, L.M.P., Gutiérrez, E.E., Dubois, A., et al. [493 coauthors including Prendini, L.] 2016. Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences. Zootaxa 4196(3): 435–445. Franz-Guess, S., Klußman-Fricke, B.-J., Wirkner, C.S., Prendini, L., and Starck, J.M. 2016. Morphology of the tracheal system of camel spiders (Chelicerata: Solifugae) based on micro- CT and 3D-reconstruction in exemplar species from three families. Arthropod Structure & Development 45: 440–451. Amorim, D.S., Santos, C.M.D., Krell, F.-T., Dubois, A., Nihei, S.S., Oliveira, O.M.P., Pont, A., Song, H., Verdade, V.K., Fachin, D.A., Klassa, B., Lamas, C.J.E., Oliveira, S.S., De Carvalho, C.J.B., Mello-Patiu, C.A., Hajdu, E., Couri, M.S., Silva, V.C., Capellari, R.S., Falaschi, R.L., Feitosa, R.M., Prendini, L., Pombal Jr., J.P., Fernández, F., Rocha, R.M., Lattke, J.E., Caramaschi, U., Duarte, M., Marques, A.C., Reis, R.E., Kurina, O., Takiya, D.M., Tavares, M., Fernandes, D.S., Franco, F.L., Cuezzo, F., Paulson, D., Guénard, B., Schlick- Steiner, B.C., Arthofer, W., Steiner, F.M., Fisher, B.L., Johnson, R.A., Delsinne, T.D., Donoso, D.A., Mulieri, P.R., Patitucci, L.D., Carpenter, J.M., Herman, L., and Grimaldi, D. 2016. Timeless standards for species delimitation. Zootaxa 4137(1): 121–128. Prendini, L. 2016. Redefinition and systematic revision of the East African scorpion genus Pandinoides (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) with critique of the taxonomy of Pandinus, sensu lato. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 407: 1–66. González-Santillán, E. and Prendini, L. 2016. Systematic revision of the North American syntropine vaejovid scorpion genera Maaykuyak, Syntropis, and Vizcaino, with description of the adults of Syntropis williamsi. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 405: 1– 67. 2 Curriculum Vitae: Lorenzo Prendini, Ph.D. Adams, A., Marais, E., Turner, S., Prendini, L., and Pinshow, B. 2016. Similar burrow architecture of three arid-zone scorpion species implies similar ecological function. Natuurwissenschaften (The Science of Nature) 103: 56. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-016-1374-z. Ceccarelli, F.S., Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., Ramírez, M.J., Ochoa, J.A., Mattoni, C.I., and Prendini, L. 2016. Andean uplift drives diversification of the bothriurid scorpion genus Brachistosternus. Journal of Biogeography. [Early Edition: DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12760] Janion-Scheepers, C., Measey, J., Braschler, B., Chown, S.L., Coetzee, L., Colville, J., Dames, J., Davies, A.B., Davis, A., Davies, S., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A., Duffy, G., Fourie, D., Griffiths, C., Haddad, C., Hamer, M., Herbert, D., Hugo-Coetzee, L.E.A., Jacobs, A., Jansen van Rensburg, C., Lamani, S., Lotz, L.N., Louw, S., Lyle, R., Malan, A., Marais, M., Neethling, J.-A., Nxele, T., Plisko, D., Prendini, L., Swart, A., Theron, P., Truter, M., Ueckermann, E., Uys, V.M., Villet, M.H., Willows-Munrow, S., and Wilson, J.R.U. 2016. Soil biota in a megadiverse country: Current knowledge and future directions in South Africa. Pedobiologia – J. Soil Ecol. 59: 129–174. Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A., Mattoni, C.I., Ochoa, J.A. Ramírez, M.J., Ceccarelli, F.S., and Prendini, L. 2016. Phylogeny, species delimitation and convergence in the South American bothriurid scorpion genus Brachistosternus Pocock 1893: Integrating morphology, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 159–170. Maquart, P.O., Réveillion, F., Prendini, L., Burger, M., Fisher, B.L., and Van Noort, S. 2016. New distribution records for African Amblypygi. African Entomology 24(1): 245–246. Amr, Z., Abed, O.A., Al Share, T., Hamidan, N., and Prendini, L. 2015. New records of Jordanian scorpions. Jordan Journal of Natural History 2: 30–38. Prendini, L. 2015. Three new Uroplectes (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with punctate metasomal segments from tropical central Africa. American Museum Novitates 3840: 1–32. González-Santillán, E. and Prendini, L. 2015. Systematic revision of the North American syntropine vaejovid scorpions with a subaculear tubercle, Konetontli González-Santillán and Prendini, 2013. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 397: 1–78. Prendini, L. 2015. A remarkably small species of Uroplectes Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)
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